We Know It. Now What?

A new analysis of the supply of home care workers quantified what most executives in the field already know (see The Home Care Workforce Has Not Kept Pace With Growth In Home And Community-Based Services). In short, the supply of home care workers isn’t keeping pace with the movement of consumers to home-based services.

The home care workforce grew from approximately 840,000 to 1.22 million workers between 2008 and 2013. After that point, growth slowed and reached 1.42 million workers in 2019. This trajectory happened at the same time the number of participants in . . .